Connecticut · Private foundation
Wise Street Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $24k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 14% of the organizations Wise Street Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $19k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $37k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $57k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Matthews House Inc | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| YMCA of Wallingford Inc | $18,375 | 4 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc | $17,947 | 4 | 0% |
| Master's Manna Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bikes for Kids Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Smile Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Matthews House Inc | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| YMCA of Wallingford Inc | $18,375 | 4 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc | $17,947 | 4 | 0% |
| Master's Manna Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bikes for Kids Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Smile Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Stroke Association | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $325 | 1 | 0% |
| Mdrc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wise Street Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wise Street Foundation
- How much does Wise Street Foundation give?
- Wise Street Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $23,947 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Wise Street Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Health (15%).
- Who are Wise Street Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: St Matthews House Inc ($29k), YMCA of Wallingford Inc ($18k), Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc ($18k).
- Does Wise Street Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wise Street Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wise Street Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Wise Street Foundation based?
- Wise Street Foundation is based in CT.
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